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search.process.named

#!/bin/bash
#
# Searches process by name, print ps header
#

if [ $# -ne 1 ]; then
    echo "usage: $(basename $0) <name>"
    exit 1
fi

ps auxwww | egrep -i "$1|^USER" | egrep -v "grep|$0"

Probably i will change this to use awk instead grep.